# Hmm, what to get Dad for Father's Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-to-get-dad-for-fathers-day/359110 "2006-06-02T04:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-to-get-dad-for-fathers-day/359110/1 "2006-06-02T04:21:18Z")
Just to cut this response off at the pass, it will _NOT_ be a tie, ties _SUCK!_, besides, Dad is retired and has no need of the sodding things… I’ve narrowed it down to… 1; a nice pocketknife, either a [Case Small Stockman](http://www.wrcase.com/knives/2006/65bonestag/images/3591.jpg), a [Spyderco Kiwi](http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=52) or a [Spyserco Cricket](http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=17) Dad likes small, easily pocketed knives, he carries a cheapo Stockman pattern no-name knife, I figure he’d appreciate geting the “real thing” in a Stockman pattern, the Spydie Kiwi is also a nice, simple knife with an easy to sharpen wharncliff blade profile, the Cricket might just be too “modern” for his tastes, with it’s “Reverse S” blade profile… 2; a nice, understated watch, a [Seiko 5 Automatic](http://www.pricegrabber.com/info_picture.php?masterid=2423469) on a nice leather strap, not that cheesy bracelet it comes with… Dad has a basic entry level Casio digital that he’s had forever, he does have a couple of nice analog mechanicals he’s had for a long time, but he never wears them, i get a feeling the Seiko would suffer the same fate… at the moment, I’m leaning more towards the knife option, as the knife he _does_ carry is crap, I’d think he’d get more use and enjoyment out of a well made pocketknife ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-to-get-dad-for-fathers-day/359110/2 "2006-06-02T04:58:39Z")
As a joke, we might get my dad all “kid” gifts this year- soap on a rope, Old Spice, Canoe, Hi Karate… that sort of stuff. I am 38, my brother is 35, and our dad is 65. It would crack him up. Besides, the bastard doesn’t need _anything_… Hell, he bought himself a [Segway](http://www.segway.com/products/) last year… ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-to-get-dad-for-fathers-day/359110/3 "2006-06-02T05:04:01Z")
Homemade peanut brittle. Or a homemade lemon merengue pic. Or homemade peanut butter cookies. My dad doesn’t want anything. He doesn’t need anything. But he does love my baking.